From: "Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@alderaan.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Cc: Gnus Mailing List <ding@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: losing mail
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 11:08:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199707281508.LAA11801@alderaan.gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r4yb6s46yk.fsf@cognex.com> (message from Michael R Cook on 27 Jul 1997 15:42:59 -0400)
Excerpts from mail: (27-Jul-97) losing mail by Michael R Cook
> I just observed what I had always suspected: If gnus is fetching
> mail from my `nnmail-spool-file' while mailing is arriving, mail can
> be lost.
[...]
> Should there be some kind of locking going on between my procmail
> script and the gnus nnml backend? Hmm...
You need to recompile your movemail binary to use procmail-compatible .lock
semaphore files. Read this article <http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/
mailing-lists/procmail/1997-03/msg00173.html> from the procmail mailing list
Web archive for details on how to do this.
prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-07-28 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-07-27 19:42 Michael R Cook
1997-07-28 4:16 ` SL Baur
1997-07-28 12:54 ` Michael R Cook
1997-07-28 15:08 ` Edward J. Sabol [this message]
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